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BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY.
Examples of Human Virtua That Havo
Mada tha World Battar.
r Under this heading from time to
time will be published a series of authenticated
extracts dealing with historical
examples of the good and bad
in human nature, mostly good; but all
furnishing an admirable chart of conduct
to be emulated or avoided]:
GENEROSITY.
True generosity is a duty as indls|
pensably necessary as those Imposed
upon us by law. It is a rule Imposed
upon us by reason, which should be
the sovereign law of a rational be
Ing. But this generosity does not
consist In obeying every Impulse of
humanity, in following blind passion
for our guide, and In Impairing
our circumstances by present benei
factions, which may render us Incapable
of future ones, or doing justice
where It is due.
Examples.
The conduct of the war against the
Fallscl being committed to the care of
> Camlllus, the Roman dictator, he beselged
Faleril, their capital city, and
surrounded It with lines; but so great
a distance from the walls that there
was sufficient room for the beselged
to take the air without danger. The
Faliaci had brought from Greece the
custom of committing all their children
to the care of ODe man, who was
to Instruct them in all the branches of
polite Literature, to take them out
walking with him, and see them perform
the exercise proper for their
age. The children had used often to
walk with their master without the
walls of the city before the seige; and
the fears of the enemy, who kept
quiet, and at such a distance, were
not great enough to make them discontinue
their exercise afterwards.
But the present school master proved
a traitor. He first led the youths
- >???? ho anrrlad them
HlOIlg lilt? wauoi huvu uv ?
a little farther; and at length, when
a favorable opportunity offered, he led
them through the guards of the Roman
camp, quite to the general's
tent. As they were the children of
the best families in the place, their
treacherous leader, when he came in
Camlllua's presence, addressed him
thus: "With these children I deliver
the place you besiege into your hands,
they were committed to my care and
tuition, but I prefer the friendship of
Rome to my employment at FaleriL"
Camlllus, struck with horror at the
treachery, and looking at him with a
menacing air, "Traitor," says he, "you
do not address yourself with your
impious present either to a general
or a people that resemble you; we
have indeed no excess and formal alliance
with the Pali8ci, but that which
nature has established between us. War
has its rights as well as peace; and
we have learned to make it with no
less Justice than valor. We are in
arms, not against an u.ge which is
spared even in cities taken by assault
but against men armed like ourselves,
"itthrtnt nnv nrevious Injury
IIIOU n?w, wi?mvw? ?r
from us, attacked the Roman camp
at Veil. Thou, to the utmost of thy
power, hast succeeded them by a new
and different kind of crime; but for
me, I shall conquer, as at Veil, by
Roman arts, by valor and perseverence."
The traitor was not dismissed with
this reprimand only; Camlllus caused
him to be stripped, and to have his
hands tied behind him. and arming; the
young scholars wth rods, he ordered
them to drive him back into the city,
and to scourge him all the way, which
no doubt, they did with a good will.
At this sight the Failed, who had
been inconsolable for the loss of their
children, raised cries of joy; they
were charmed to such a degree with
so uncommon an example of justice
and virtue that in an instant they
entirely changed their disposition with
respect to the Romans, and resolved
that moment to have a peace with
such generous enemies. Accordingly
they sent deputies first to the camp,
and afterward to Rome where, when
thev had audience of the senate, they
addressed themselves to it In these
terms: "Illustrious fathers, conquered
by you and your generals, In a
manner that can give no offence to
gods and men, we are coihe to surrender
ourselves to you; and we assure
ourselves, than which nothing
can be more glorious for victors, that
we shall live happier under your
government than under our own
laws. The event of this war has
brought forth two excellent examples
for mankind. You, fathers, have
preferred Justice to immediate conquest;
and we, excited by the Justice
which we admire, voluntarily present
you the victory."?Llv. lib. v. c. 27.
Popius Carbo, the Roman consul,
being impeached as an accomplice in
the assassination of the second Atricanus,
and having affronted one
of his servants, he stole the box in
which his master kept all his papers
and carried It to Llclnlus Crahhus,
who was employed to prosecute the
indictment. Crassus had conceived
an implacable hatred to Papirlus,
and these papers would have furnished
him with ample matter to gratify
it; but the generous Roman had such
an abhorrence of the treachery that
he sent back the slave in chains and
the box unopened, saying, "that he
had rather let an enemy and a criminal
escape unpunished than destroy
him by base and dishonorable means."
Brutus, the general, having conquered
the Patarenses. ordered them,
on pain of death, to bring him all the
gold ana silver, promising icwa-mo
such as should discover any hidden
treasures. Upon this a slave belonging
to a rich citizen Informed against
his master, and discovered to a centurion,
who was sent for that purpose,
the place where he had buried
his wealth. This citizen was im
mediately seized, ana uruugui luscm
er with the treacherous Informer, before
Brutus. The mother of the accused
followed them, declaring with
tears in her eyes that she had hid the
treasure without her son's knowledge,
and consequently ought to be punished.
On the other hand, the slave
stood to his first Information, maintaining
that his master, and not his
mother, had transgressed the edict.
Brutus heard both parties with great
patience, and being in the end, convinced
that the accusation of the
slave was chiefly founded on the
hatred he bore to his master, he commended
the tenderness and generosity
of his mother, restored the whole
sum to the son, and condemned the
slave to be crucified. This Judgment,
which was Immediately published all
over Bycla, gained him the hearts of
the Inhabitants, who came in flocks
to him from all quarters, offering of
their own accord, what ready money
they had by them.?Appian, lib. iv. H
p. 356.
The second Scipeo Africanus, being
bound by the will of Aemilia, who P'
had left him a large fortune, to pay
at three different times to the two c<
daughters of his grandfather by tc
adoption, half their portions, which
amounted to eleven thousand two 61
hundred and fifty pounds, the time **
for the payment of the first sum be- ?*
ing expired, Scipeo put the whole
money into the hands of a banker. P'
Tiberius Gracchus and Scipeo Naslca, w
who had married the two sisters, c'
imagined that Scipeo had made a rl
? Kim on/1 nhBArVArl pi
I III 12}IU. JVC, ncui vu u*4m ?*?that
the laws allowed him three years 01
to pay that sum In, and at three dlf- **
ferent times. Young Sclpeo answered b<
that he knew very well what the laws a<
directed on this occasion; that they b*
might indeed be executed In the
greatest rigor with strangers, but
that friends and relations ought to re
treat one another with a more gen- ot
erous simplicity; and, therefore, he
desired them to receive the whole
sum. They were struck with such ?*
admiration at the generosity of their pr
kinsman that In their return home, a
they reproached themselves with their a
narrow way of thinking, at the time
when they made the greatest figure, et
and had the highest regard paid to w;
them of any family In Rome. The ac
generous action, says Poiyblus, was b?
the more admired because no person a
In Rome, so far from consenting to *?
pay so large a sum before It was due, et
would pay even twenty pounds before
the time of payment was elapsed. 1)0
Paplrla, the mother of Scipeo hav- la
Ing been divorced from her husband. or
was not In circumstances to support or
the dignity of her birth, and there- pr
fore lived in great obscurity, never qt
appearing in the assemblies or at pub- ot
11c ceremonies. Scipeo, after he be- ex
te
came possessed of the fortune above
mentioned, assigned over so much of
it to his mother as enabled her not dl
only to enjoy the conveniences of life,
but to appear as usual, in the best ea
company, with on equipage and (
splendor in every way suitable to her er
birth, and the august house to whioh 87
she was related. The noble generoslsu
ty of Scipeo did him great honor,
especially In the minds of the ladies, c
who expatiated on It In all their conversations,
and in a city whose inV6
habitants, says Polybius, were not
easily prevailed upon to part with aI1
their money. After the death of his ca
mother, the rich possessions he had a
given her reverted to him, by law as
well as equity, and his sisters, accord- P*
ing to the custom of those times, had .
161
not the least claim to them. Neverthe
less, Scipeo thought it would be Jn
dishonorable had he taken them back. ^
He therefore made over to his sis- th
ters whatever he had presented to his gtl
mother, which amounted to a very ^
considerable sum, and by this fresh pr
proof of his glorious disregard of
wealth and the tender friendship he ^
had for his family, acquired the applause
of the whole city.?Excerp. e.
Po*b- sh
The disinterested generosity of this
great man was not confined to his flC
own family or relations. Going jto ou
command in Spain, during the war ]y
with Numantla, Antiochus Sldetes th
sent him rich and magnificent pres- <je
ents. Some generals would have ap- tk
propriated them to their own use; ye
Sclpio received them in public, sitting
upon his tribunal, in the view pr
of the whole army, and xave orders ?.>
that they should be delivered to the 8a
treasurer of the army, (the quaestor), V1
to be applied In rewarding those offleers
and soldiers who should dls- re
tlngulsh themselves in the service.? w]
Epit Liv. lib. 67.
Aeschines and Demosthenes were pc
the two greatest orators which Greece co
or, perhaps, any other nation, ever ca
produced. The former having drawn ofl
up an accusation against one Ctesi- pa
phon, or rather against Demosthenes, a tw
time was fixed for hearing the trial, th
No cause ever excited so much curi- ca
osity ,nor was pleaded with so much ha
pomp. People flocked to it from all ho
parts, says Cicero, and they had great us
reason for so doing; for what sight pli
could be more noble than a conflict cu
between two orators, each of them
excellent in his way; both formed by a
nature, improved by art, and animat- re<
ed by perpetual dissensions, and an go
insuperable Jealousy? The disposl- by
tion of the people, and the juncture of wi
the times, seemed to favor Aeschines; ?
U/\ IAO* V>lo OQ1100 an
urvcnilticos ac IU91 ???o Vttuoc, ?.?!? on/
was justly sentenced to be banished at
for his rash accusation. He there- th
upon went and settled at Rhodes, th
where he opened a school of eloquence ce
the fame and glory of which continued
for many ages. He began his lec- mi
tures with the two orations that had tic
occasioned his banishment. Great a
economiums were given to that of Aes- an
chines; but when they heard thqt of th
Demosthenes, thep laudits and accla- al
matlons were redoubled; and it was th
then he spoke these words, so greatly
laudable in the mouth of an enemy; re
"But what applauses would you have or
bestowed, had you heard Demosthenes pi
speak it himself!" ce
The victor likewise made a good of
use of the conquest; for the instant re
Aeschines left Athens, in order to em- jn
bark for Rhodes, Demosthenes ran U?
after him, and forced him to accept pt
of a purse of money, which must have pj
obliged him so much them ore, as he Uj
had little room to expect such an offer.
On this occasion Aesehines cried
out: "How will it be possible for me
not to regret a country in which I ^
leave an enemy more generous than I
can hope to find friends in any other
part of the world!"
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Every Man Dependent Upon His dc
Fellows.'?David Grayson, writing a ly
new Adventure in Contentment in the
June American Magazine, tens aDoui nt
old Nathan Toombs, the village rich th
man. Following Is an extract: th
"As a matter of fact, I reflected, and o\
this is a strange, deep thing, no man ar
Is In reality more dependent upon the
community which he despises and ar
holds at arm's length than this same In
old Nathan Toombs. Everything he ar
has, everything he does, gives evidence
of it. And I don't mean this in any Jc
mere material sense, though of course St
his wealth and his farm would mean C<
no more than the stones In his hills at
to him If he did not have us here th
around him. Without our work, our ty
buying, our selling, our governing, his nt
dollars would be dust. But we are in
still more necessary to him in other ar
ways: the unfriendly man Is usually so
the one who demands most from his
neighbors. Thus, if he have not peo- ar
pie's love or confidence, then he will L<
smite them until they fear him, or ad- fr
mire him, or hate him. Oh, no man. th
however he may try, can hold himself be
aloof!" or
THE PRESIDENTS P0WER8
low They Have Grown in the Peal
Fifty Yea^e.
The extension of the use of the vetc
ower is the second large development
of the president's powers, seeding
to Edward Stanwood's "Hls>ry
of the Presidency." There Is nc
Dubt that the intention of the tram's
of the Constitution would no1, have
mntlnnnri th? nresent InteroretatlOE
' the clause granting the power.
The early presidents?In fact, nc
resident before Andrew Jackson?
ere not forced to use It to resist en'oachments
upon the constitutional
ghts of the executive. They inter"eted
the phrase "bad laws" to mean
lly unconstitutional measures, and
id measures obviously objectionable
;cause passed without due consider:Ion.
Washington vetoed only two
lis during his eight years of service.
Andrew Jackson vetoed nine bills.
,x of them were objected to as being
pugnant to the Constitution. The
hers did not commend themselves to
m as being wise. He was thus the
*st to treat the constitutional power
' veto as one which authorized the
esident to interpose his judgment on
question of public policy to defeat
congressional enactment
Van Buren's only veto was a pockveto
of a harmless resolution which
as submitted to him after the final
IJoumment of congress. Even Tyler,
ivlng to consider the legislation of
congress angrily hostile to him, veed
but eight bills?two of them pockvetoes
like those of Jackson.
It has become a general revisory
?wer, which is applied to all the legisnt
onroroM whether Imoortant
not, whether concerning1 public laws
private and personal interests. Some
esidents use the power more frelently
and more meticulously than
hers, but they all use it to the fullest
tent, and upon the most trivial matr,
when so minded.
The question has been frequently
scus8ed whether the veto of the present
is a legislative power. Von Hoist
ys it is not, because the Constitu>n
declares that "all legislative powherein
granted is vested" in coness.
That seems a little like begng
the question. At any rate it asmes
that an inconsistency in the
mstitutlon is impossible and uninkable.
Is it not reasonable to hold that the
to power as Hamilton understood it,
id ?3 all the presidents, not even expting
Jackson, understood it until
ter the Civil war, was not a legislate
power, but as understood and
actlced today it does make the present
in effect a third member of the
fislative body.
? 1 a U.
in? qucanon can utrai ue uuuoiuci^u
connection with the extension of
e president's exercise of power In
e third general direction. The ConItutlon,
In Its general enumeration of
e functions which it assigns to the
csldent provides:
"He shall from time to time give to
e congress Information of the state
the Union, and recommend to their
nstderatlon such measures as he
all Judge necessary and expedient."
It must be left to those who are sufiently
Interested in the evolution of
r government to study comparativpthe
tone and general character of
e recommendations by the preslnts
In the first fifty years of our namal
history, and in the last twenty
axs of congress.
The president now feels It to be his
lvilege, nay, his duty to bring presre
to bear upon congress, that is to
y, upon certain congressmen. He lntes
them to call upon him to discuss
e terms of the bills which he has
commended. He indicates to them
hat is and what is not admissible.
The executive has still another weam.
He has the power to summon
ngress in extraordinary session. He
n say?of course privately and unhcially?that
unless congress shall
.ss this bill or that, he will call the
'o houses to meet again. Whether
is weapon has ever been used or not
n not be asserted with confidence. It
a been reported, with how much or
iw little truth is unknown. But the
ie of it is possible. It has been emoyed
more than once by another exetive,
the governor of New York.
A president possesses and exercises
power transcending that of any heel
itary monarch of a constitutional
vernment, at the same time that
' his direct and intimate association
th the people?"the common people"
he may be the most democratic of
vereigns. Among: all the unique creions
of the American Constitution,
ere Is nothing: more remarkable than
e presidency as It exists In the 20th
ntury.
Has the presidency reached its ultlate
development? That Is a quesm
for the future. But if we can take
lesson from history the tentative
iswer must be in the negative. It Is
e teaching of experience that power
ways tends to its own increase, at
e expense of a weaker power.
In no instance has there been a surnder
of anything previously gained
a recurrence to earlier standards,
esldent Roosevelt carried his conption
of the powers and prerogatives
his office to the highest point yet
ached. The administration which Is
progress as this Is written makes
le, as a matter of right, of all the
iwers, all the methods by which
resident Roosevelt imposed his will
)on the government.
COMES BACK IN THE UNION
issouri County Raises American Flag
After Fifty Years.
A strange incident of the belated
ising of the American flag hauled
>wn during in civil war days is iniwn
in civil war days is interestingtold
in an exchange as follows:
After fifty years, Clay county, Mo.,
is come back into the Union. For
e first time since the beginning of
e war the American flag is flying
rer the court house here, and south
id north are one again.
The same man who pulled the stars
id stripes down from the flagstaff
1861 raised them again in 1912,
id the war is over.
In the first year of the civil war,
?hn W. Hall, a soldier in General
erllng Pierce's brigade, hoisted a
jnfederate flag over the court house
Liberty. Liberty, while north of
e Missouri river, was in Clay coun,
settled Jirgely by Kentuckians, and
imed Heniy ciay. ine peupie wnt
tensely southern In their sympathies,
id hundreds of them enlisted In the
uthern armies.
They were too far north, however,
id too close to Kansas and Fort
?avenworth to be allowed to secede
om the Union, and shortly after
e Confederate flag was raised a
tdy of Federal troops swooped down
1 the town and drove the rebels out.
The stars and stripes again were holsted
on the court house and flew there
I until the Federal troops had left
Then the flag was hauled down and
> from that time until now never was
raised again. The old flag staff weath
ered the storms of many years. The
halliards rotted away and Anally the
> staff itself fell and was not replaced.
Recenty the Daughters of the Amer>
lean Revolution in Liberty, nearly all
i of them also members of the Daugh~#
r?\r nnfoH thft flh
ilsence of the flag from the court house
land took up the matter with the county
court. They persuaded the offlI
clals to purchase a new flagstaff and
buy a flag. An old-time flag raising
i was planned and the event was made
I a holiday for Liberty,
i Hall still lives in Liberty, and now
is state commander of Confederate
Veterans. To him was delegated the
honor of raising the flag, and as he
slowly hauled up the ensign the loudest
cheer that Liberty has heard since
the days when the rebel yell echoed
through Liberty's streets rent the air.
General Hall'B eyes filled with tears
as the red and blue folds of the flag
swung out in the autumn breeze and i
there were plenty of other eyes mols- i
ted as the crowd, among which were
many gray-haired veterans of the ,
north and south, sang the "StarSpangled
Banner" in a bass that broke
often into the same tremble that came
from the school children gathered
around. !
"Glory to God, Liberty's come back
into the Unior!" shouted an old Union i
veteran, and a chorus of "Amens"
came from the ex-Confederates. And i
now that Liberty and Clay county i
are back again in the Union, the |
county court has promised that the
flag will be raised every holiday. i
STORY OF HAZING.
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Originally had Praotical Purpose, Now
only Silly.
It appears that the practise of "hay- 1
ing" has an origin more ancient and 1
more respectable than is generally sup- '
posed. In the early centuries of the
Christian era every professor was independent
of the others. In other wor^g, '
he conducted the business of teaching '
entirely on his own account. In a city 1
like Constantinople, Athens or Alexandria
there would be, perhaps, four or 1
five professors of about the same 1
standing and authority, and between
them would exist a rivalry in which 1
their students would naturally interest 1
themselves.
The admirers of each professor left '
no stone unturned to get for him new
students and increased fees. When a
' oung man arrived to pursue his stu- 1
dies, a band of students would meet 1
him, bear him off to the house of one 1
of his countrymen, and employ every '
means, fair or foul, to induce him to '
join their classes.
Frequently they resorted to violence.
Llbanlus, himself a professor, who lived
in the fourth century, has told how 1
he fared when he arrived as a student 1
in Athens. After triumphing over the 1
dangers of a winter voyage from Con- '
stantlnople, he was seized, on landing, (
by a band of scholars, and kept in con- 1
flnement until he had taken an oath to I
Join the class of their professor. And i
the worst of it was that he found the
professor very incompetent But If he <
presumed to criticize, or failed to join '
in the rapturous applause, the scowls of <
the class would warn him that ne was <
exercising a dangerous freedom.
So hot was the rivalry between pro- <
feasors and classes that the town was i
sometimes In a continuous riot, and a '
professor dared not walk the streets 1
unless escorted by a band of his partizans.
And, just as In modem times i
hazing has been defended as a fine and i
useful thing, so these contests between 1
rival classes had a kind of romantic at- l
traction for the students. I
Llbanlus records that when, as a
young man, he heard of the fighting In <
the streets of Athens among the stu- i
dents, of the clubs, Btones and swords I
used, and of the wounds endured by the ]
students for the honor of their teachers, 1
he thought as highly of their courage
as if they had been fighting for their
country, and hoped that he too, might i
some day Join In these contests.
In the course of time, however, the <
professors found It best to make common
cause with one another, and entered
Into agreements for their mutual in- ]
terests. As time went on, these agree- i
ments became more and more comprehensive,
until at length the body of in
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I Norfolk, Va.
structors formed a university. The stu- out c
dents were no longer attached to one oppoi
professor only, but sought Instruction ever
from each of his own branch. a pre
Prom that time on the practise of ter 01
hazing newcomers had no significance. Ac*
That It should have so long endured Is accor
a curious instance of the survival of a wlnn
practice long after the circumstances mean
in which it had its origin have ceased caref
to exist.
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TRICKS OF THE ENGLISH TURF trop,(
porta
Coup* That Have Bean Made and At- aqua1
tempted in 8port of King*. ascrll
A week or two ago a funny little af- tQ th(
fair happened at Wye race course. The 8(
small Wye telegraph office was sud- j8
denly flooded by a shoal of wires from th {
London. The torrent started mysterl- plura
ously at midday, and did not stop till nlgjie
nearly 3. , . is pn
The messages, which were unclaimed,
turned out to be bogus ones, used ^ j
simply to block the line. For three eoaat
hours the two telegraphists were busy Amer
taking down messages like "I am Hen- know
ry the Eighth, I am." and "A Happy doe8
New Year," while dozens of people ^jjor
stood angrily demanding why they whal(
could not get through to London. ^ ^
The Idea in "coups" like this, is to Jn ler
get a good price on some horse by pre- ered
venting the commission agents In the
town, with whom the bets have been bo<jy
made, from covering themselves by
backing that horse on the course, and ^
so spoiling the starting price. from
Tricks even more ingenious are wrlgt
sometimes planned by the "heads," or m(
"The Boys of England," as those per- bJanC(
Bons are called who make a profession
of racing, and whose great object In
life Is to "beat the bookies." bellet
The cleverest turf trick ever carried
out was simply dazzling in Its neat- m0tj0
ness. Some years ago, when one lead- Th<
Ing sporting paper supplied all the trom
dallies with the racing returns, bet- neck>
ting, etc., a man called on the editor flexJb
of that paper and offered tc report an _
out-of-the-way meeting. He had to an(j
be there officially, so could do it cheap. ? '
upper
A.8 the meeting was quite unlmpor- eratJo
tant, the offer was accepted. lnt
In due course, the programme of the twent
meeting came In and was published In hJg f
all the papers, followed by the handi- nQj
caps, the list of arrivals, etc. tranq
The bookmakers In town, of course, habltJ
booked bets freely over the little coun- gurpr
try meeting. froiT1
1 Next day the racing results made eypr
the meeting out to be quite a nice littie
meeting. The papers complimented
the officials, and encouraged mem to
do even better next year. Hoi
Didn't they wish they could? The on th
whole thing was bogus from beginning a lar
to end. Town, fixtures, Judge, Jockeys all p<
and horses were the pure Invention of of an
some brilliant "boy." So was the rape 000,01
course, the racing, too. But the bet- ery y
ting was not Scores of bookmakers jng bi
lost heavily over races that had never 0d pf
been run. that i
An attempt was made not long ago tenth
to repeat this trick by inventing a Thi
small Jumping meeting. It fell through every
only by the merest accident. All the busirn
details had not been properly thought throu
out. .The bubble was burst when the hones
telegraph department began to make clean.
Inquiries, their special telegraphists man
not being able to find the place. not a
Another dodge depends for its sup- a I
cess on the fact that bookmakers have ton %
no absolutely hard and fast rule years
igainst betting after the time a race is $ieo
down for. debts
So any one in clubs where betting is possit
done can make a good haul If he can His n
aret the news through first, and that outpu
without having to excite suspicion by the s
leaving the room. Phllai
In one famous case a confederate
rented the house next door to the club
and had a phone fitted In. The wall be- 8sh
tween was secretly reduced In thick- more
ness and the name of the winner tap- agine
ped through In Morse code. ca, i
Even In the ordinary way the result sclenl
of a race Is known In all public places to bl<
as if by lightning. How, then, can the date.
Ingenious swindler get It first? Well, receh
partly by luck, but for the most part day e
by foresight. 000,00
Often a horse's na.ne is sent up a tende
winner long before the race is over, od ca
the sender relying on the fact that the 'ar ei
horse has a good lead, etc. Ten sec- factoi
onds gained over the official result Is In th
as useful as ten minutes. energ
There was a case In London recent- It, no
ly in which a watch was set on a man furna
addicted to betting at the last mo- receli
ment. It was noticed that before bet- purpt
ting he used to keep casually glancing store<
roman Should (
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>f the window as If at the house
site. Some one noticed that when- a
result was about due to arrive
tty housemaid would shake a dusat
of a window opposite,
sordlng to the window used and
ding to the color of the duster the
er's number was signaled by l
is of a well-thought-out code, I
ully prearranged.?Answers. ' i
rmaida and Manatees.?In semisal
waters of America there dis- 1
a member of that family of I
tin mammals. In which has been I
bed the mermaid myth. Related i
a dugong and now extinct rhytlna, |
till have the manatee. The name |
jferred by some to manatee under ,
mpression that the latter is the i
1 of the Latin "manatus" (fur- .
d with hands,) though the name
abably of Mandingo origin,
a manatee la a herbivorous mam- 1
nhabltlng the shallows about the <
of Florida, Mexico, Central ]
lea and the West Indies. It la not '
n to attempt the open sea and
not possess the ability to come <
e. This animal Is somewhat <
5-like In shape, with a horizontal ?
n. It Is from eight to twelve feet J
igth, the body being scantily cov- ?
with hair. The only limbs are j
ire flippers, low on the side of the This
flipper has no Angers; it |
possesses, though, three flat nails j
in oil Hinv<Honil
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the shoulder; the elbow and j
approximate the human anatomy
)vement With this crude reseme
to an arm the manatee has been
to carry its young. While the
nent is not authentic, it is quite
'able, its possibility being vouchr
by all observers of the arm in
n. , '? i
5 head of the manatee is divided
the body by a slight indication of
The upper lip is extraordinary
le?bo much so that each side can
ude independently of the other,
thus separated Into two lobes, the
lip can perform the complete 09>n
of grasping food and conveying
o the mouth. In each jaw are
:y pairs of two-ridged teeth, With
ormldable equipment the manatee
t, however, ferocious, but browses
uilly on the water plants of its
a.t. In some views the head Is
(singly human-like, though far
beautiful, and no specimen has
sat on the rocks and combed Its
n hair.?Harper's Weekly.
i??ty In Business.?Commenting 1
e statement ! made recently that
ge business man found nearly
srsons honest, the representative ]
other concern, doing from $30,)0
to $50,000,000 of business ev- I
ear, said to me yesterday: "Goack
over our accounts for a periseven
years, I can assure you t
)ur losses have been less than a
of one per cent"
it is certainly a small loss. If j
time you handle $1,000 in a ,
ess way you lose less than $1 <
gh misfortune, trickery or dls- J
ty, the record looks pretty j
The figures Indicate that the j
who is habitually dishonest does 1
urvlve in business. 1
'hlladelphia manufacturer of cot;arments
tells me that In nlbe
his plant has lost a total of only (
through inability to collect the ]
due It' I asked him how it was 1
>le to keep the losses so small.
t?T,Jv orofl hid fnotnrv sold Its I
t mostly to large concerns where
tandard of honesty is hlgh.^?
delphla Ledger. 1
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iara as a Factory Cantor.?No ]
barren tract of land could be lmd
than the Sahara desert of Affluid
yet If the prophesies of our
Lists are fulfilled It may be found i
issom like a rose at a very early )
It is calculated that the Sahara ?
rem an amount of solar heat every ^
qulvalent to that produced by 6,
10,000 tons of coal, and it is con- |
d that if some economical meth- I
n be found to utilize this lost so- J
lergy this desert may become the j
ry site of the world of the future, i
ese factories there would be no
y-creatlng machinery as we know J
chimneys but glass chambers, no j
ces but reflectors, all designed to i
/e and transmit for commercial '
)ses the daily gift of the sun, as ,
il away in the sand. <
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Round Trip from Y<
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Every HouMhold in Yorkville Should
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If your back aches because the kid*
neys are blockaded,
You should help the kidneys with
their work.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
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Recommended by thousands?here's
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Mrs. Mamie Steward, 218 Peach tree
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for weak kidneys. I was aften
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ill the time. The secretions from my
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For sale by all dealers. Price, BO
:ente. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo,
Mew York, sole agents for the United
3tatea
Remember the name?Doan's?and
take no other.
REAL ESTATE
k'Es, my offerings are EXCEP-1
TI ON ALLY FINE. WATCH MY
LIST, AND LET ME KNOW YOUR
WANTS.
The First Presbyterian Church-McLdams
Lot?On Lincoln Ave., just berond
residence of J. R. Lindsay. It's
i beauty. See me at once.
\V. A. McAfee Place?1681 Acres,
51 miles from Yorkvllle, on Old Rock
Hill road; 3-horse farm open; about
5o acres Oak and Hickory timber; 2
tenant houses, barn, crib, etc. Bounded
by two branches, one on east apd
ether on west, and by lands of-Jos. E.
Hart, J. E. Sadler and others. This
Is something nice.
Dr. W. G. White?(1) Sherer Place
jf 60 acres. 1 tenant house, good barn
ind cotton house; splendid orchard;
good well of water; adjoins lands of
D. L. Shieder, Sam Ferguson and others.
Money here for some one. Who?
(2) 3 nice lots on Charlotte street
this property is so situated that sewerage
connection may be had without
difficulty. (3) 4 nice lots on East
Liberty street part of Steele property.
If you are looking for a delightful
home site, then here you are.
Thos. F. McDow residence on King's
Mountain Street Lot 63x161 feet 6room
dwelling with large porch cloiet.
New roof. Windows, doors all screened.
Water, lights and sewerage. In
fact, a modern home. Do you want It?
Then don't delay.
Mrs. F. A. ltoee Lot on Main Street
The best business stand In town. You
can't afford to lei mis go oy.
VV. B. Wilson lot on Southern Rail*
way, 131x810 feet, adjoining D. T.
Woods and others. Qood terms ,on
this.
W. J. Fewell place; 100 acres, one
mile from town on Ridge Road, adjoining
lands of Latta, Roth and others.
65 acres in cultivation, balance
In pasture and woods. 5-room dwelling;
one tenant house; barn and other
outbuildings. Good well water, with
pump attachments. It's nice. Just
let me show it to you. It won't take
long.
The Walter W. Love Place?117
Etcres, one mile from town on Lincolnton
road. 10-room dwelling and other
outbuildings. It's a bargain.
Walter Rose place, 87 acres, oneforth
mile from town on Charlotte
road. It will pay you to sue me about
fhln nlopA
The Lowry (Pardue) Place?212
acres 1J miles for Delphos. A good
bargain for someone.
The E. X. Stephenson (Seahorn)
Place?154 acres, 4 J miles from town;
2 tenant houses and other outbuildngs.
3-horse farm. Good, strong
land. It's sure a bargain.
20 Shares Lockmore Mill Stock?
For quick sale I will make the price
very Interesting.
Miss Ida DeLoach residence on
?ariwngni av?oub.
M. E. Plezloo residence on King's
Mountain Street.
W. L. Wallace residence on California
Street.
Spencer-Dickson residence on King's
Mountain Street.
Mrs. W. 8. Peters residence on West
Madison Street.
M. W. White residence on Lincoln
Avenue.
I. W. Johnson lot on East Liberty
Street?a beauty.
King's Mountain Heights and C. E
ire Ideal building lots.
Spencer lots on Broad 8treet. These
Geo. W. Williams
REAL ESTATE ItltOKEK.
TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.
ALL persons Indebted to the estate
of J. W. PATRICK, deceased, are
lereby notified to make payment to
Ft. C. Patrick. Gastonia, N. C., at
)nce, and persons having claims
igainst said estate are requested to
iresent them duly authenticated wlthn
the time prescribed by law.
MARY C. PATRICK JACKSON, 1
R. C. PATRICK, Executors.
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FOR SALE -?
195} Acres?1-4 mile from Incorporate
limits of Torkvllle, on the
King's Mountain road, fronting King's
Mountain road, Joining B. N. Moore's
farm. Will cut to suit purchaser.
156 Acres Fronting King's Mountain
road. Joining farms of B. N.
Moore and Frank Riddle-Jos. W. Neil
place, at a bargain. Will cut these
farms into small farms to suit purchaser.
Must sell at once.
88 Acres?Adjoining Geo. MoCarler
and A. D. Bigger. 40 acres in
cultivation, une 7-room no use ana
one 6-room house? 917 Per Acre.
06 Acres?Fronting the Charlotte
road,*J-mile from, town limits. Joining
the Ancona mill property, Church Carroll
and others. For quick sale. Bee
me at once.
The T. P. Moore residence in Yorkville.
, . ..
Five Houses and Lots In Clover,
property of F. fc. Clinton. Price,
el,600. Rented for 9110 per year.
2.7 Acres?In Clover; fronting on
Church and Bethel streets. One Sroom
dwe'llng. Price, 91,000. Joins
Robert Jackson and others.
114 Aoreo?S| miles Hickory drove
Beautiful home of J. F. Watson. 990
per^Acre. ^ ' BMWtf orwvs
920.00 per Acre.
100 A ores-?Half mile from town of
Yorkvllle; long frontage on King's
Mountain road; joins W. B. Keller. $60
per Acre, will cut Into two tracts.
200 Acres?Tom Allen place at St.
Paul Church. Will divide this Into
2 tracts, each tract will have a nice
new 8-room cottage on It, plenty of
wood. Tenant houses.
80 Acre*?The beautiful home and
farm of Arthur Boheler; 1 mile Smyrna
station; nice, panted cottage; new
barn; double oribs. Price, 99,000.
ill Acre* . Near Sharon. Known as
the Wylie place. Price 919 per acre.
400 Acres?Lowryvllle. Price,
98,000.00
100 Acres?Delphos. Price 91,900.
82 Acres?Delphos. Price 99,200.
So Acres?Delphos; Will Clinton.
Price 91,000.00.
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100 Acres?Tirzah; J. M. C. Price
' $2,500.00
TEN beautiful Building Lots on
the Hope property. Pay $5.00 per
month.
Aire. DrakeforU residence, on the
corner of Main and Jefferson streets.
Harry Nell Lot, No. 1, Steele property.
11 Acres?Joining rear of above lot
30 Acres?On King's Mountain road,
joining King's Mountain Chapel. The
price?$1,500.
Two nice new cottages on the corner
of East Jefferson and Railroad ave.
Front of Col. L W. Johnson's residence.
Price, $$,100.0$.
144 Acres?Joining J. C. Klrkpatrlck
and others; 7 miles from Sharon.
Price. $1,900.00.
101 Acres?Known as the Sherer
place; 7 miles from Sharon. Price,
$735.00.
18 Acres?At Sharon. Price, $700.
One-Half Acre Lot and t-room residence
in Sharon; Joining L. H. Qood
and W. P. Youngblood.
J. J. Smith House and Lot?In Clover.
Price, $3,400.00.
56| Acres?Half mile of Beersheba
church; good school; 4-room house;
good water, plenty of wood. $1,800.00.
The Jim Bell house for sale, $1,750.
105 Acres?Near George R. Wallace,
Joining Avery and Smith lands,
4 miles from Yorkvllle; 1 3-story 6room
house; 3-horse farm open; 75
acres In timber; 8 springs, 3 streams.
Riir now harn! 2 tenant houses: half
mile of Beth-Shiloh church; 10 acres
of bottom land. $35.00 per Acre.
811-2 Acres?Joining F. E. Smith,
Ed Roddey and others; 2 good dwellings,
40 acres In cultivation; good outbuildings.
Property of J. M. Campbell.
101 Acres?Joining Harvey Hamel
and Mr. Youngbitod; good dwelling
and outbuildings; half mile of good
school. Price $25.00 per acre.
50 Acres?40 acra under cultivation,
good barn; 2 m'les of Yorkvllle.
100 Acres?Joining '.he Klzers' land,
near King's Mountain battle ground;
known as tho Love Est. lands. $10.00
Acre for quick sale. Offers wanted
on it
The Worthy Farm?At 8haron, consisting
of 67 Acres, nicely located on a
public highway, 1| miles from depot.
Very cheap for quick sale.
J. C. WILBORN.
SWAT THE FLY
See to It that your house la well
SCREENED, and don't put It oft
until June or July, and give the
(lies (the most dangerous animals
in the world) a chance to get a
foothold in your home. GIVE
US YOUR ORDERS FOR FLY
SCREENS RIGHT NOW, and let
us equip your house during this
month?APRIL. After you have
your house screened and see the
benefits, you wouldn't do without
Screens for three times the cost.
OUR SCREENS ARE THE BEST
?they are made for YOUR WINDOWS
and DOORS?they FIT
and are substantial. LET US
HAVE YOUR ORDERS QUICK.
OLD FRAMES RE-WIRED?
If your Old Frames need New
Wire bring them to us and we will
put on New Wire and make
them as good as new. Prices are
moderate. Do it TODAY.
J. J. KELLER & COMPANY
iV Use the Best 8tetranery, Its tne
cheapest. Order it from The Enquirer.